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Books Filled with Culture, Education, and Pleasure: WPA Library Services Across the US

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Salutations!

During the Final Research Project for my INFO 5000 Introduction to Information Professions, I felt like I was working in a mini-thesis and thoroughly enjoyed myself since I was getting to delve into a historical aspect of librarianship that has long fascinated me – packhorse librarians in my native Kentucky in the 1930s – and even broaden my originally narrow topic to see the vast assistance afforded libraries during the Great Depression by the WPA.

Aside from a meticulously-written paper, I turned my extensive research into a narrated PowerPoint presentation entitled “Books Filled with Culture, Education, and Pleasure: WPA Library Services Across the US.” Here is the link to the resultant YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeL03PEhGys. Enjoy!

RLGing,

Sarah Hope

Navajo Code Talkers (Grades 3-5 Lesson)

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Hello Everyone,

This week my grades 3-5 students have been discussing the importance of Navajo code talkers during World War II using portions of Navajo Code Talkers by Andrew Santella that I found online. I make a PowerPoint presntation, which students took turns reading to the class of the information Santella presents.

A Navajo code talker named Chester Nez later recalled how the code came to be. “We were told to use our language to come up with words representing each letter, from A to Z,” he explained. “And they also told us to come up with code words for military terms.”

Did you know that the code grew to include about 600 words by the end of the war?

Enthusiastically,

Ms. Tyler

Presentation: Multicultural Cinderella Stories (September 2017)

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Hello Everyone,

Last month, I also presented at my state’s annual library conference on multicultural “Cinderella” stories in a session called

Girls Loses Sandal Given to Her By A Fish? Cinderella Stories From Around the World
I converted the PowerPoint presentation I made for the session into a PDF document, so you can see all the information I shared at the conference. It’s available here.
This session highlighted the worldwide appeal of the rags-to-riches fairy tale “Cinderella,” discussed key similarities and differences between multicultural versions, and provided example lessons for use with elementary school students. Participants interacted with portions of sample texts to complete Venn diagrams.

Enthusiastically,

Ms. Tyler

Presentation: School Library Tech 101 (September 2017)

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Hello Everyone,

I presented last month on technology tips and tools at my state annual library conference in a session called

Destiny, Symbaloo, and Weebly, Oh My! School Library Tech 101

I converted the PowerPoint presentation I made for the session into a PDF document, so you can see all the technological tidbits I shared at the conference.

Some of these technological tidbits I’ve blogged about previously.

The PDF document is available here. Inside, you’ll find links to YouTube videos  and help sheets I made for different tips about Follett Destiny, Symbaloo, Weebly, Outlook, OR Codes, and TinyURL.

This session provided brief overviews of and tips for working with such technology tools as Follett Destiny as a library management system, Symbaloo as a link collection tool, and Weebly as a communication tool. QR code creation and use will also be discussed as a library investigation tool for elementary school students. Participants were asked to bring devices that can access the Internet, download free applications, and take pictures, to experience fully this tech-rich session.

Personally speaking, I think the best tip for Follett Destiny is “Book Hospital as Patron,” which is also a YouTube video on my professional channel.

Enthusiastically,

Ms. Tyler